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Salvador (1986)

Salvador (1986)

Drama Thriller War

Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...

Release Date: 1986, April 23
Directors: Oliver Stone
Countries: United Kingdom, Mexico, United States of America
Production: Hemdale, Cinema '85, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Cast: José Chávez, Nicolás Jasso, Humberto Elizondo, Elpidia Carrillo, James Woods, John Savage, Valerie Wildman, Juan Fernandez, Erika Carlsson, Jim Belushi, Ty Granderson Jones, Art Bonilla

Overview:

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

Keywords:

based on true story alcoholic violence loss of loved one journalist civil war 1980s road trip guerrilla warfare execution assassination dictatorship reporter massacre dictator war correspondent revolution confession booth civil rights press el salvador photojournalist